Foreign professionals looking to work in Singapore will soon need to pass a new evaluation process that takes into account factors such as their educational qualifications and whether the hiring company does not overly rely on workers from a single nationality.From Sept 2023, new Employment Pass (EP) applicants not only…

Singapore announced new vaccinated travel lanes (VTLs) for Vietnam and Greece on Friday (Mar 4), while extending the quarantine-free arrangement to more cities in Malaysia, Indonesia and India. From Mar 16, the air VTL for Malaysia will extend beyond Kuala Lumpur to include Penang, starting with four daily flights each way…

 SINGAPORE: From April, employers will have to buy a primary care plan for migrant workers as part of their work pass requirements, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) announced on Saturday (Feb 19).This will apply to work permit and S Pass holders who live in dormitories, as well as those working in the…

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SINGAPORE - Employers who hire foreign workers will soon have to pay them higher minimum salaries.From September this year, the minimum qualifying salary for new Employment Pass applicants will be raised from the current $4,500 to $5,000. For the financial services sector, which has higher salary norms, the bar will…

Knowing where work pass holders are staying is crucial in cases such as emergency contact tracing. But in the last two years, 175 firms have been fined over $1.1 million in total for failing to promptly update the residential addresses of 960 of them.The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Wednesday…

With the ongoing Omicron wave of Covid-19 infections likely to hit many more people, businesses should implement continuity plans and adhere strictly to safe management measures (SMMs) to minimise operational disruptions.The Ministry of Health (MOH) issued this warning to employers on Friday (Jan 21), noting that the number of Omicron cases has…

Vaccination also will be a condition for the approval or grant of new long-term passes, work passes, as well as permanent residence from Feb 1 next year. Vaccination will also be required when renewing existing work passes.At the point of application, MOH said employers of work pass holders will be required to…

SINGAPORE - Vaccinated Singapore citizens can enter Malaysia from next week (Dec 20) via the Causeway when the two countries expand a quarantine-free travel scheme at the land borders.Likewise, vaccinated Malaysians will be able to enter Singapore via the Causeway without quarantine under the expanded land Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) scheme between…

SINGAPORE - From 11.59pm on Saturday (Dec 4), employers of all S Pass and work permit holders in the construction, marine shipyard and process sector will not be allowed to make new applications for foreign workers to enter Singapore via vaccinated travel lanes (VTLs).This will also apply to employers of…